Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-22

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A PARIS FoIfce CeuFt deeided On 1hnrs-
day e ssry snusing nasEFiage agency /
osse, the beroins Of yhish. Aiss Lsal. /
has airssdy ex sFsised this same industry |
in New Y0Fk, Boston, and place called
Bsthiehem, soueWhere 10 the IBited
states. Mis- Leaf. writes Paris ooEra
spondept Of the Nss York Hgel8, Il .
very pretty brunette, tall and Rraeefoily
sormed.
Il appeared from the evidence that
Miss LsAI and q MADAM DemoEtaer
started 9 marriage ase1ey 10 Paris two
years ago 10 the Backward Sc. Germ H.
Mis- Leal VS. presszksd 80 over any
men OF all aaes, ranging frou twenty
10 seventy, so ell Of whom she became
engaged. Sha managed 70 reap rish
haFvess Of wedding Bressnss. and Ehen
a happened thaa any Of Der fancees
we're unwilling 20 break OF the engage
| ment she went 90 far % 10 msrry them,
carrying then over 20 England for the
paFposs. Miss Lsal aftsrvafd sst Up
another matFim0nial agency 10 hue
Washington, right IN the center Of tie
AmeFiear quarter Of Paris, near the
Champs Ulysses. Her partner N tbs
new sstablishment vas q vsneFahls and
matFon like looking woman named
LapFou.
Even the judges barsf out lsaRhi1e IN
court Thursday ss witness after witness
hied up ana related their Pquant exper
lenses. TIE frst witness, named Lsfe-
vre, vas q Little, Fso-ssced bank clerk
from Limoges The fJlioTing Is bis
testimony:
If read in the Newspapers an ad7eT-
tisemeht Demanding senng man. With
Out fortune, TO be tie husband OF
yoanR lady Who had = fortune OF
! 10000 franc, bat whose moral char
actsr had q petite lsche.
81 At once answered the advertise
ment, proposing myself as suitef
Mad. DemoFtisr wrste TO me by rel uEn OF
post, saying the lady wished TO see me,
10 iudQs Of my personal appearances be
fore marryino me. So / started for
Paris. and Madam DemortieF intFoduced
me 70 the pretended mother of the
young lady-a respectable looking lady
OF about sixty. Next day l was intro
duo.d TO my hascee-Miss Lsal. was
perfectly charmed With her.
MADAM Dsmortisr told me / aust
bow some iswslFy for my hansee as a
present vent at once and b. uzht 300
francs Serlh Of rings and brooches, and
returned and showed tkem 70 Madam
Demortier, who said tAat IL Was very
little for a young lazy whose dot was
l .5OO. coo fraEcs. vent of again to the
iewelsF and bought 1000 francs worth
Of presents. The marriage was fixed
for January l5ts.
my fancee and her mother mean
while went to London. Later Madam
Demortier and her mother went 30 Lon
don. where for eight days accompanied
Madam DemoFtier, my 6ancee and my
future mother in-law to all the theaters
and the most expensive entertainments.
Then We all returned TO Paris at nav own
expense. They wished 10 make the 40
qusintance of my family. | at once
wrote to my mother and aunt to come
to Paris. They did so, aud we all met
at a grand family banquet, as usual
paying the bill. Then my aunt discov-
cred that my h4ncee was an adventur-
ess, and after Miss Leai had address d
most violent language to nv aunt and
to my mother We three returned to
Linn ages."
Another witness vas a. Francois
Boisaeau, n Lyons merchant.
Il answered an advertisement in the
papers in which a young eirl with 4
doWFy of 10000 francs offered herself
in marriage. Madam Dem9FtieE made
me pay $50 francs comm ssion to begin
With. STE then took me 10 tbs opera,
where my Il Gnoee was pointed out to me.
she occupied a fret tier box, and was
accompanied by an aged woman, whom
l was told va Ter aunt, the WIDOW Of
Spanish general"
Here one of the Judges interrupted
with the remark:
The evidence shows that on the same
evening there we're four Of y0u at the
opera, all admiring she same a aneee."
lbs next witness was M. L1bsclu, a
Partisan hair dresser. he related the
sans experiences as III. Boisseau, except
that the Opera Oomique was chosen IN
bis case instead of the Opera 10 give
him IA opportunity of seeing his hsneee.
NJ. Desire Dsushos, a stock broker,
With large blonde beard and blue eyes,
testified:
Madam DeDoriier presented me to
Miss Lseal as the niece of 40 English
Lord and an beiress to 400, COO francs.
va ted 10 marry her right off. paid
at oEce 4 small commission OF about 200
francs, and invited the whole party to
the theater. We then vent b London,
where we were married before II Ris-
trar. We had a delightful honey moon,
and in few days returned TO Paris"
Judge-Yau EVEN went 20 far as to
adopt Miss Leafs natural child2
Observation-Disclosures le judge, con-
sented 20 this sacrifice because I be-
lIeved the mother TO be very rich.
Thirty other witnesses followed, all
relstiny the same story, with amusing
yaristiens. The Judge sentenced Miss
Leal 60 four months imprisonment, and
Madam Demer;ier, as the police were
unable to ind her, 10 three years i'm
pris0nmen'. When ssntenoe bad been
prom unced Miss Lsal turned pale AZ d |
swors ~ the judges in Englls STE |
vas dragged from the court room be- |
tW en- iva gsudarmes NJ Sc Leaf is Of |
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